The best chart to hit Major League Baseball in years

It is just one season, but the first year under commissioner Rob Manfred would have to be considered a resounding success as two of the league’s most troubling trends are now once again moving in a better direction.

Baseball can handle longer games and they could be fine with fewer runs. But what MLB didn’t need was longer games with fewer runs and that was the trend for the last decade. After one season season under Manfred, both of those lines are now trending in a better direction.